Description

[William Carew Hazlitt, editor].Shakespeare's
Library: A collection of the plays, romances, novels, poems and
histories employed by Shakespeare in the composition of his
works. London: Reeves and Tuner, 1875.

Stated second edition, revised and enlarged (although it is
actually an entirely new production with a different editor and
different sources). Six small octavo volumes.

Contemporary Riviere binding of three-quarter red morocco over
lighter red cloth, spine compartments with gilt floral devices and
gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Bookplate of Asa
Lingard of the Bradford department store family and whose library
was sold in 1944. Some old waviness to first three signatures of
fourth volume (not easily seen). Mild darkening to spines but
overall a very pleasing set of the scarce piece of significant
Shakespeariana.

More Information:

"Shakespear's Library, which was re-edited in 1875 by the present writer, is usually treated as a sort of repertory, whence the dramatist derived in large measure his plots and incidents, if not his inspiration and clues. The volumes are supposed to place the reader and student in the track of the bulk of Shakespear's prototypes and prima stamina, and to enable them to judge his varying degrees of obligation and his unquestionable triumph over his originals" (Hazlitt).

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